(April 21, 2007) - Eagle Raceway's 2007 Ice Breaker Challenge
definitely lived up to it name. A total of 143 cars checked in for the
festivities. The racing was nothing less than spectacular all evening
to say the least. From the first heat to the last lap of the A
Features, there was great racing all evening.
Despite temperatures nearing 80 degrees in the afternoon, a brisk wind
kept the weather bearable. The afternoon warmth turned to a definite
chill in the evening. Those same strong winds unfortunately combined
with the afternoon heat and led to the track drying very early despite
the diligent efforts of the track prep crew beginning Thursday evening
after the Practice Night.
Even so, every driver spoken to praised the crew. "There was nothing
that could be done with the weather the way it was" said one driver.
"I want to compliment Roger for giving us as good of a track as we
had" said another.
A very good crowd was on hand to witness 14 heats and 7 B features
topped off by 4 tremendous A Main events.
Possibly most exiting was the Budweiser 360 Sprint A Feature. Three of
the top four starters, Jason Danley, Jay Russell, Mike Chadd and Tige
Jensen fought tooth and nail from the Green Flag until the Checkered
flew. On the 9th lap, Russell passed Mike Chadd to take the lead. On
the 13th lap Jensen slid his way past Danley. This was just the
beginning of one of the best features seen at Eagle in many year. At
the end, Mike Chadd prevailed over Jason Danley, with Jay Russell
coming home a very close 3rd followed in 4th by Tige Jensen.
The entire race saw the front four going tooth and nail, with no one
getting a substantial lead at any time.
After the races the Monster Modified feature winner, Jordan Grabouski
said "This was a really cool win. My last win came at Abilene Texas
last year, and it's been a long dry spell. We just haven't had much
luck lately". He was thrilled to be able to finish ahead of his
employer John Saathoff. Jordan is a regular at Red Cloud on Friday
nights and at Beatrice on Saturdays, but was really happy about his
results at Eagle.
He also wanted to be sure to thank the sponsors and people who helped
him get his win; including Yancy's Automotive, Jet Racing, Delabar
Construction, Red Line Race Graffix, Wein's Farms and Friend
Freightways. Also high on his list of those who do so much for him
were his mother, father, Jace Cody, Max and Aron.
The Budweiser 360 Sprint Feature winner, Mike Chadd praised the track
crew's work. "I can't blame Roger and the crew at all. With this wind,
I'm glad it turned out as well as it did". Asked what helped him win
the feature he stated "Actually, we didn't change a thing on the setup
from the heat race to the Feature. We were probably using the wrong
setup for the track conditions, but we'll take the win."
Although Mike is a past track champion at Eagle, he spent most of last
year traveling. Asked about his plans for 2007, Mike said that the
would try to hit Eagle when possible, but the team has decided to
chase the NCRA points title. "Next week we'll be at Knoxville running
with the World of Outlaws, and the week after we plan on running at
Dodge City, Kansas.
Justin Wulf inherited the trophy in the Valentino's Hobby Stock main
event after Kevin VanLaningham was disqualified for having an offset
rear end. Although Mr. Wulf left before he could be interviewed, we
wish to give him our sincerest congratulations.
Also departing before being interviewed was the Stereo West Auto Toys
Compact A Feature winner, Justin Busboom. Tonight was Justin's first
ever win, despite having raced at Eagle in the same division last
year. He did mention that his goal of getting his first win had
finally been reached. We are sure that many more are in Justin's not
too distant future.
Results for April 21st, 2007:
Budweiser 360 Sprints A Feature-
1st Mike Chadd(4), 2nd Jason Danley(82), 3rd Jay Russell(76), 4th Tige
Jensen(71), 5th Ken Klabunde(28), 6th Chris Roseland(32), 7th Mike
Boston(51), 8th Jeff Griffis(3), 9th Gene Ackland(14G), 10th Brad
Krutz(91), 11th Adam Gullion(96kx), 12th John Klabunde(77), 13th Terry
Holliman(23), 14th Bobby Becker(8b), 15th Toby Chapman(84), 16th Jay
Jordan(19J), 17th Tadd Holliman(23R), 18th Mark Pace(31), 19th Trevor
Grossenbacher(35), 20th Ryan Kitchen (21), 21st Gage Dorr(17), 22nd Nick
Bryan(6), 23rd (33), 24th Josh Riggins(14), 25th Doug Lovegrove(44)
DNS Ray Jo Peltz(90)
Monster Modifieds A Feature-
1st Jordan Grabouski(30), 2nd Chris Alcorn(3), 3rd Doug Deterding(13),
4th Johnny Saathoff(96j), 5th Bob Zoubek(5s), 6th Clint Homan(27), 7th
Rik Gropp(v45), 8th Lance Borgmann(76), 9th Jeff Jones(19J), 10th Terry
Hurt(24t), 11th Aaron Pella(3A), 12th Eric Rempel(29E), 13th Dylan
Smith(95), 14th David Jewett Jr(4jr), 15th Lucas Robinson(95R), 16th
Sean Burklund(b9), 17th Dustin Andersen(8A), 18th Darren Hosick(24x),
19th Ed Raines(11AA), 20th George Haney(12x), 21st Don McCown(10k),
22nd Scott Bivens(s56), 23rd Dan Neeman(28N), 24th Brent Schlake(z34)
Valentino's Hobby Stocks A Feature-
1st Justin Wulf(86), 2nd (33), 3rd (34), 4th Ron Novak(14), 5th Ryan
Roschewski(2), 6th (22), 7th Richard Small(11x), 8th (52), 9th (21k),
10th Mike Hansen(94), 11th Dan Jackson(98), 12th Tom Myers(7m), 13th
Chad Borgman(20), 14th RJ Macku(1r), 15th Matt Fralin(7), 16th Trevor
Kropp(32), 17th Derick Noonan(21), 18th Don Hall Jr(92), 19th Casey
Moyer(38c), 20th Rex Screiner(9), 21st Rob Brown(42), 22nd Scott
Robinson(s53)
DQed Kevin VanLaningham(52v) and Nicholis Topil (7t)
Stereo West Auto Toys A Feature-
1st Justin Busboom(62), 2nd Kyle Schamp(2k), 3rd Doug Lyons(10k), 4th
Kenny Danley(10), 5th Neil Pella(3N), 6th Derick Dreamer(26), 7th Jack
Prall(44), 8th Jake Sells(21), 9th Scott Parde(17), 10th (57), 11th
Brian Haller(b32), 12th Amanda Rhiley(51), 13th (28), 14th Joey
Danley(14), 15th (28H), 16th (42), 17th Jacob Harms(6j), 18th Jason
Tadlock(99t), 19th Maynard Kinnersley(18), 20th Tony Rost(99), 21st
Dan Rhiley(2), 22nd Rich White(0), 23rd (45), 24th Anthony White(69)
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